Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '23 at 17:40
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 511 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 173 Parallax 182 154% 181 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 569GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 203 266 285 40 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 452 Write 426 Mixed 368 SusWrite 193 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 30.6 110% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 144 118% 173 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 126%
Micron CT1000X 1TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 381GB free Firmware: PMAP SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 34 40 40 40 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.4% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 41.3 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 37.7 9% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 12 44% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 23.4 DQ Mixed 22.8 17% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 92%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 136GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 211 261 322 374 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 461 Write 407 Mixed 382 SusWrite 292 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 28.6 98% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 94.7 91% 151 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 126%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 113 92 114 116 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 118 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 109 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 97%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 323GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 48 59 62 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 76.1 Write 42 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 57.7 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 57%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 121 133 130 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 168 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 130 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 - $75

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	113x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	75x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	60x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16